LOADER OPERATOR WAS GOING DOWN THE HAUL ROAD THE FAN BLADES BROKE AND CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO LOOK BACK AND THE LOADER RAN OFF THE EMBANKMENT INTO CUT FULL OF WATER EMPLOYEE WAS DROWNED
Hicks Mine: 1 recorded fatality Coal
MSHA record for Hicks Mine (mine ID 0102224). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1985
- Latest incident
- Sep 1985
- Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc 1980 to 1983
- Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc 1983 to present
Hicks Mine sits in Blount County, Alabama, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
5 on file (excluding fatalities above)1985 · 5 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING WATER IN DOZER RADIATOR; TOOK CAP OFF RADIATOR AND WAS SPRAYED WITH HOT WATER FROM RADIATOR. SCALDED FACE AND BODY.
EMPL WORKING ON REAR END OF SERVICE TRUCK.TRUCK WAS ON 2 JACKS AND BLOCKED UP.TRUCK FELL OFF JACK AND BLOCKS HITTING EMPL IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING TRAVEL CHAIN ON DRAGLINE SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING NEW DUMP CABLE ON DRAGLINE,CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF SOCKET & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD A CAN OF ETHER OF FLOOR OF CAB &IT EXPLODED OR BURST INTO FLAME.